Wilmington’s own John Jeremiah Sullivan will be the guest this week on “North Carolina Bookwatch,” the weekly literary talk show on UNC Public Television.

Sullivan will discuss his essay collection “Pulphead” with host D.G. Martin at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, and again at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Viewers in this area can tune in on WUNJ-TV39, which in the Wilmington area is on Time Warner Cable’s Channel 6.

One of the topics will likely to be the essay “Petyon’s Place,” in which Sullivan talks about living in a house that was used as a location for the TV series “One Tree Hill” — and hence, became a tourist attraction.

Submit Your Comments

Name

Required

Mail

Required, will not be published

Website

Comment

Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

About This Blog

This is an emporium for all things literary: occasional book reviews, local book news, items about authors (mostly from the Cape Fear area but occasional visitors) and miscellaneous rants.

The usual author is Ben Steelman, feature writer and book columnist for the Star-News. He’s that shaggy, slightly smelly character you spot lurking in the back aisles of your local bookstore. Physically, he has more than a passing resemblance to Ignatius J. Reilly, hero of John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces” — some observers have noted other parallels as well.